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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is one thing that has not changed about Rosie when William sees her late in her life?
(a) Her good figure.
(b) Her concern for others.
(c) Her deepset, sparkling eyes.
(d) Her child-like and mischievous smile.

2. What does Rosie read a lot of?
(a) Romance novels.
(b) Histories of queens and mistresses of royal personages.
(c) She is not much of a reader.
(d) Poetry.

3. What surname does Rosie and George take when they come to America?
(a) Kemper.
(b) Smith.
(c) Dangerfield.
(d) Iggulden.

4. What does Roy write for Isabel?
(a) A love letter.
(b) An emotional obituary.
(c) A short story.
(d) A poem of admiration.

5. What does Rosie do after William weeps at his home?
(a) Crys also.
(b) Tells him he is silly.
(c) Undresses and makes love with him.
(d) Comforts him like a mother.

6. What does Rosie say when William says she might be having sex with all of her male friends?
(a) She is not.
(b) She is and William must end their affair.
(c) She says it is none of his business.
(d) William must take her as she is.

7. Where does Rosie live?
(a) Newport News.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Yonkers.
(d) Philadelphia.

8. What does Rosie do instead of talking a lot?
(a) Includes her companions in "persuasive well-being."
(b) Sings.
(c) Gets others to talk about themselves.
(d) Reads out loud interesting bits of information.

9. Who is Lionel Hillier?
(a) A flamboyant painter.
(b) A poet.
(c) A dramatist.
(d) A sculptor.

10. What do Roy and Amy deplore?
(a) That William's letters are all about Rosie.
(b) How common Rosie must have been.
(c) That Ted had not met Amy sooner.
(d) That Ted treated Rosie so poorly.

11. What does William thinks brings its own hazards?
(a) Success.
(b) Poesy.
(c) Life.
(d) Love.

12. What does William discover that surprises him?
(a) That Roy is the same age as William and has already published several books.
(b) That Ted is the author of 20 books and on the brink of discovery.
(c) That Rosie if pregnant.
(d) That Ted and Rosie are not actually married legally.

13. What does William think of as the "crown of literature?"
(a) Poetry.
(b) Drama.
(c) Fiction.
(d) Rhetoric.

14. What did Isabel work tirelessly for after Rosie leaves Ted?
(a) To have Ted forget Rosie.
(b) To find Ted a new wife.
(c) To help Ted get emotionally balanced and back to writing.
(d) To increase Ted's reputation.

15. Where does Rosie take William?
(a) To join a whist game.
(b) To see Ted.
(c) To the horse track.
(d) To meet her daughter.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the Driffield's furniture like?

2. What does Ted seem to be doing?

3. Why is William bitter?

4. Who calls Rosie a nymphomaniac?

5. Why does Hillier seems suspicious at the Saturday afternoon parties?

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